Display rack



J. CARR.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.5|1921.-

1,404,270, Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

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gwoentor J..CARR.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FlkED MAR. 5. 1921.

1 404 270 Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

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gwuwntoz UNITED STATES "121) CARR, OF FRANKIORT, INDIANA.

DISPLAY RACK.

' Application lled March 5, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JUDD CARR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Frankfort, in the county of Clinton and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display racks and more particularly to that class of devices for displaying merchandise, particularly sho..=s and the like in cases, store windows, or store fixtures.

The primary object of the invention resides in the construction of a new and improved display rack for exhibiting shoes and foot wear in general in various angular positions so as toproduce an attractive, and simple construction to display the merchandise at its best advantage.

Another important'object of theinvention resides in a new and improved display rack for supporting a plurality of parallel, angularly adjusted bars having shoe rests thereon including provision whereby one bar may be adjusted in angular relation with res ect to the other bars to more effectively isplay the merchandise to be exhibited.

Another and very important object of the invention resides in the .construction of a new and improved display rack consisting of comparatively few parts which may be easily assembled, extremely simple in construction and therefore inexpensive to manufacture, rigid and durable in construction,

' highly efiicient for its intended usesand capable of being installed in various designs and types of store furniture or fixtures, and otherwise conforming to the requirement necessary for simplicity and attractiveness in appearance essentially necessary in devices of this character.

With these objects in view and others which will be suggested and manifest as the purpose and nature of my invention are revealed in the following specification and drawing wherein I have shown a preferred embodiment thereof,

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the invention as applied.

Fig. 2 is a vertical, sectional view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the end of one of the supporting bars.

Fig. 4 is a view of a shoe rest.

Fig. 5 is a side view showing the manner of securing the shoe rest to the supporting bar.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

Serial in. 449,757.

Fig. 6 is a sectional, enlarged end View of one of the supporting bars and its adjusting means.

Referring now in particular to- Fig. l where I have shown my invention as applied to a section of store furniture, 5 designates the bottom and 6 the top connecting the rerespective ends 7, which together with the rear wall 8 constitute an inclosure for displaying the merchandise in a manner now to be referred to.

A vertical standard 9 shown substantially rectangular in crom section, although a tubular standard might also be utilized, is positioned in one end of the casing in anv well known manner and'preferably extends from the top to the bottom thereof. It is of course understood that a similar standard is provided in the opposite end of the casing, said standard being provided with a plu" rallty of equally spaced apertures 10 substantially throughout the length thereof for receiving the longitudinally extending supporting bars 11. The said supporting bars 11 may be round or square in cross section as shown particularly in Fig. 3 and have thenreduced ends or studslQ adapted to be positioned within the respective apertures 10 of the standards as clearly shown. A cylindrical nipple 13 is secured by suitable fastening elements 14: to each end of the bars 11, said nipple having a plurality of apertures 15 therein for engagement with a threaded fastening element 16 which as shown extends through a transverse aperture 17 of the standard at right angles to the said supporting bar 11. The screw threaded fastening element 16 extends through a threaded bushing 17 a within the transverse aperture so that when the supporting bar 11 is turned to the required position, it may be retained as so desired and in the manner suggested by Fig. 2.

Each of the bars 11 is adapted to receive and support a shoe rest 18 having a raised, bent portion 19 which forms a stop for the heel of a shoe, any suitable form of bracket 20 may be employed for securing said foot rest to the supporting bars as is readily understood,

By this construction, it will be readily seen that the respective supporting bars 11 may be angled with respect to each other as so desired so that the merchandise displayed may be presented at various angles with respect to each other to more effectively exhibit the merchandise to its best advantage. While I have shown my invention as applied to a section of store furniture, it will of course be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art that the same may be used in connection with show cases, store windows, and movable display racks of various description. Furthermore, the invention lends itself to be easily manufactured of various kinds of material, it being recognized that wood, beaver board, or metal may be utilized depending on the circumstances and purposes to which the invention is to be applied.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated my invention embodied in one form by way of example, and which in practice has been found to be highly satisfactory in obtaining the desired results. It will be obvious however that other embodiments may be adopted and that various changes in the details of construction may be resorted to b those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is furthermore understood that the invention is not necessarily limited or restricted to the precise elements shown except 1n so far as such llmltatlons are specified in the subject matter being claimed.

Havlng shown and described my invention, what I now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the U. S. is

1. A shoe display rack comprising opposed standards provided with apertures therein, merchandise supporting bars having end studs journaled in saidapertures, a nipple provided with a series of apertures fastened to each of the studs, and a screw threaded element for engagement in the apertures of said nipples whereby the supporting bars may be angularly adjusted with respect to each other.

2. A shoe display rack comprising opposed standards provided with equally spaced apertures therein, merchandise supporting bars having end studs journaled in said apertures, a nipple provided with a series of apertures fastened to each of said studs, said standards being also provided with tranverse aperture at right angles to and communicating with the first mentioned apertures, and a screw threaded element within said transverse apertures for engagement with the respective openings in the nipple whereby the bars may be angularly adjusted independently with respect to each other.

In testimonywhereof, I aflixwmy signature hereto.

JUDD CARR. 

